thanks for joining us tonight. glad you're here. >> glad to be with you. >> what was the reaction in texas that the event that you attended that you reported on today when ted cruz made the allegation about the communist law professors wanting to overthrow the government? >> well, the thing you have to know about ted cruz is he is a terrific speaker. and he is a really powerful orator. and he had the audience up on their feet and cheering by the end of that speech. it ended with a quote from -- a letter from the alamo where he was quoting saying "victory or death", and "we are going to win." and they were all up and cheering. so i think, you know, it was a speech that was throwing red meat to his crowd, and they loved it, absolutely. >> is this one of those moments where it is sort of right-wing world and the rest of the world where it seems obviously mccarthyist and therefore problematic, just doesn't register that way in front of a more conservative audience, or does it register as something that joe mccarthy mig